Best Architecture Spot List

The Moyai statue is well-known as a meeting place at the Shibuya Station. It is a unique stone sculpture that has different faces carved on the front and the back.

Enshrines Heihachiro Togo, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who defeated the Baltic Fleet.

This is the site where the revenge of the 47 Ronin (Ako-roshi) took place. On the same property is Matsuzaka-inari shrine, which enshrines Kira and the well said to have been used to clean his head.

The principal object of worship at Ennoji Temple is Enma Daio. It also enshrines the Ten Judges of Hell. You can experience an ancient view of the afterlife here.

The biggest dome in Hokkaido, and most northern in Japan

A bronze statue of Genzo Wakabayashi, the legendary goalkeeper in the hit soccer manga ”Captain Tsubasa.”

An inn within the temple complex

With ancient living and meditation quarters

See “Thunder of the Dragon” during special viewings

A temple with a living, breathing aesthetic sense of the tea ceremony

A shrine to the beautiful Mount Miwa, worshiped since ancient times

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

See the brave figures of twelve protective deities

Japan's oldest convent was a gift from Prince Shotoku to his mother

One of Japan's famous ancient temples, quietly nestled in Ikaruga

This is a bronze statue of Tsubasa Ozora doing a heel flick up, a skillful maneuver for a soccer player still in elementary school.

A magnificent shrine dedicated to Emperor Jinmu and his Empress

This famous shrine blossoms in full glory from season to season with its flowers

The orderly lineup of 1001 thousand-armed Kannon is superb

This is a bronze statue of Sanae Nakazawa from ”Captain Tsubasa (Flash Kicker),” a soccer comic series that is popular all over the world.